#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the The Linnean Society of London, the first public announcement of the theory. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

#OTD in 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution by natural selection were published by the The Linnea Society, the first public announcement of the theory #histsci

Oh man, I had this issue, and didn't keep as I got older and weeded things. Wish I hadn't done that!

Four random pieces of nostalgic palaeoart! Steve Kirk’s Carcharodontosaurus Chris Santoro’s Pteranodon Luis Rey’s Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Julius Csotonyi’s Spinosaurus

Sunset from space...

24-Aug: On this day in 1831, Charles Darwin's great friend and mentor John Stevens Henslow sat down at his desk, took up his pen, and wrote what turned out to be one of the most important letters in the history of science. friendsofdarwin.com/articles/hensl… #HistSci

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I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/spje… #WaldenPond #WaldenWoods

Roberta L. Millstein's new book "The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium" is free to download: bibliopen.org/9780226834474 #books #nature #ecology #conservation #environment #histsci

A new era is born. #JurassicWorldRebirth

The free e-book from UChicagoPress for September is From Eve to Evolution: Darwin, Science, and Women’s Rights in Gilded Age America by Dr. Kimberly A. Hamlin ~ tinyurl.com/yc9lynf3 #histsci #histSTM

My new book about my lifelong obsession with fungi is hot off the press: Close encounters of the Fungal Kind (William Collins). People who have enjoyed my previous nine books should like this one too.

I sent out the latest edition of the Friends of Charles Darwin newsletter earlier today. Here’s a link for those of you who have somehow neglected to subscribe. #HistSci friendsofdarwin.com/newsletter/a-l…

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Essay review of Gowan Dawson’s book Monkey to Man by Greg Priest (@gregpriest.bsky.social) has been published in the Journal of the History of Biology: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #histsci

Don't miss our latest issue, featuring five original research articles that -as always- cover a broad range of geography and subject matter. History of Science The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) British Society for the History of Science journals.sagepub.com/toc/HOS/current

There’s a name for Trump’s debate tactic: the Gish Gallop. scientificamerican.com/article/trumps… by Madhusudan Katti has left the building on Scientific American

16-Sep: On this day in 1835, Charles Darwin first set foot on the Galápagos Islands. #HistSci friendsofdarwin.com/articles/darwi…